The present invention refers to a window construction, particularly to be used in a train, vehicle, car, helicopter, aircraft or building, which comprises a laminated window glazing having electrically switchable layer means arranged in a laminate, and controlling means being coupled to the switchable layer means for controlling the sunlight transparency of the switchable layer means.

A strengthened glass sheet product as well as process and an apparatus for producing the product. The process comprises cooling the glass sheet by non-contact thermal conduction for sufficiently long to fix a surface compression and central tension of the sheet. The process results in thermally strengthened glass sheets having improved breakage properties.

A laminated pane having at least one integrated electrical attachment part, includes an inner pane having an inner side and an outer side, an outer pane having an inner side and an outer side, a thermoplastic intermediate layer, which joins the inner side of the outer pane and the inner side of the inner pane to one another, and at least one recess in the inner pane and/or the outer pane, wherein the electrical attachment part is inserted into the recess and is situated completely within the laminated pane, the laminated pane is a vehicle laminated pane having a three-dimensional bend, and the recess is introduced into the inner pane and/or the outer pane by laser processes.

The invention relates to a method for selecting a viscoelastic plastic interlayer including two outer layers and a central layer that can be incorporated between two glass sheets of a glazing unit, the method includes providing first and second components that constitute respectively the central layer and the outer layers, measuring the shear modulus G′ of the first and second components, selecting the material of the second component only if G′≧3×10.sup.7 Pa at 20° C. and between 100 Hz and 240 Hz, and setting the thickness h of the first component so that h is between 0.31 mm and 1.20 mm and so that g=G′/h is between 5.58×10.sup.8 Pa/m and 2.37×10.sup.9 Pa/m at 20° C. and between 100 Hz and 240 Hz.

A molding includes a first molding portion having an upper surface bonded to an inner side surface of a windshield, a second molding portion, and a third molding portion extending from the second molding portion so as to extend along an imaginary extension of an outer side surface of the windshield. The third molding portion is formed in a rectangular shape in longitudinal section and has an upper surface disposed at a lower position than the imaginary extension of the outer side surface of the windshield.

An insulating glass (IG) window unit including first and second glass substrates that are spaced apart from each other. At least one of the glass substrate has a triple silver low-emissivity (low-E) coating on one major side thereof, and a dielectric coating for improving angular stability on the other major side thereof

A composite pane for a motor vehicle, in particular the front pane, is formed from a first pane and a second pane, which are adhered to one another by way of a film. A coating reflecting infrared rays is applied to the film. The coating has at least one cut-out, within which a transponder is arranged between the two panes. A motor vehicle has a composite pane as described above.

A process for the printing of enamel on a constituent glass sheet of a laminated glazing which can be used in the motor vehicle field and including a stack of thin functional layers sensitive to scratchability. The process makes it possible to deposit an enamel layer on a glass sheet coated with a stack of thin layers.

A laminated glass pane includes two glass or polycarbonate panes and at least one polymer film or a film laminate bonded therebetween and an electronic functional unit arranged therebetween, wherein, in part of the area of the laminated glass pane, a cutout of the polymer film or of the film laminate is provided and, accommodated in the cutout, is a fully prefabricated electronic functional module including multiple electronic functional units and/or other parts that are arranged within the functional module laterally alongside one another and/or at least partially vertically overlapping in an electrically and mechanically protective insulating shell, in particular an encapsulation composed of a polymeric casting compound that has a thickness that is at most equal to the thickness of the polymer film or of the film laminate.

A glass panel unit includes: a first substrate including a first glass panel; a second substrate including a second glass panel; and a frame-shaped sealing portion that is hermetically bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate. The sealing portion creates an evacuated space between the first substrate and the second substrate. When viewed from a region where the second substrate is positioned with respect to the first substrate, the first substrate includes a part arranged to stick out of an edge of the second substrate. The part includes a mounting portion used to mount the glass panel unit onto a vehicle.